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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Primnia sanctaehelenae (Stål, 1861)

St Helenian Dryland Grasshopper

Nomenclature (19)

  • Acridium (Tinaria) sanctaehelenae Stål, 1861: 338. (valid)

    Holotype; male; 30e26146-eb2c-4431-8b20-cb4329956de0; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS);

  • Tinaria sanctaehelenae (Stål, 1861) in Walker, 1870: 655.
  • Oedipoda obumbrata Walker, 1875 (subjective synonym of Acridium (Tinaria) sanctaehelenae Stål, 1861) in Otte, 1995: 214.
  • Primnia sanctae-helenae [sic] Stål, 1861 (misspelling of Acridium (Tinaria) sanctaehelenae Stål, 1861)

References (11)

  • Stål, C. (1861) Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In Kongliga Svenska fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853 (Zoologi). Utgifna of K. Svenska Vetanskaps Akademien (P.A. Norstedt and Soner), Stockholm. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 299–350 pp. [1860] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20004#page/311/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
  • Walker, F. (1875) Orthoptera. In St. Helena: a physical, historical and topographical description of the island. L. Reeve & Co, London. . pp. 164–170. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210090#page/233/mode/1up
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1888) Additamenta ad Prodromum Oedipodiorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(1), 1–180. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/71/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1970) Acridoidea of the Congo (Orthoptera). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 8(182), 1–605.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1078